Archive for February, 2014

Buon Viaggio, Buon Lavoro! “Good Travels, Good Work!” Eighteen Ohio University students will spend Spring Break in Rome, the Eternal City. From the first day, they’ll roam its historic center and periphery, exploring imperial temples and the Colosseum; Christian catacombs, churches, and the Vatican museums; as well as monuments and […]

By Jen Doyle Ohio University’s Distinguished Professors spend so much time with the Libraries’ resources, it’s only fitting that their portraits take up residence at Alden Library. Each year, Ohio University honors a professor who has demonstrated exemplary research and teaching with its highest distinction for faculty members, the Distinguished […]

The Ohio University Center for Law, Justice & Culture presents Anita Sarkeesian on “Privacy and Sexual Harassment in the Digital Age” on Thursday, March 13, at 5 p.m. in Baker Theater. The lecture is free and open to the public. Sarkeesian is a feminist media critic well known for her work […]

The Institute of Nuclear & Particle Physics Spring Seminar series presents Gerry Hale of Los Alamos National Laboratory on “Applications of Multichannel R-matrix Theory to Light Nuclei” on Monday, Feb. 17. (Host: K. Nollett/C. Brune) Note: Seminar on Monday. Upcoming Events Seminars are held in the Edwards Accelerator Laboratory Conference Room on Tuesdays, […]

By Selina Nadeau From Compass When Ohio University Alumni Association Board of Directors member Dustin Starkey ’88 graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor’s degree in forensic chemistry, he never thought he would be able to endow a scholarship. “During my time on the board, I’ve learned a lot about […]

Months before debate erupted over the concept of the “imperial presidency” and “executive orders,” Dr. Kevin Mattson was at the Roosevelt Institute in Ireland detailing a view that the power asserted by FDR and used by LBJ was undermined by the Vietnam War—and that liberals are unlikely to sustain its […]

Ben Braddock ’15, majoring in Psychology and African American Studies, earned second place in the National Council for Black Studies College Student Essay Contest in February. His essay was on “The Invisible (Wo)Man and Miley Cyrus:  Toward a Definition of Ratchet.” Braddock is also a College of Arts & Sciences […]